On March 13, 2025, the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California, will serve as the backdrop for a momentous occasion as Ethel L. Lee, affectionately known as “Space Shuttle Ethel,” ...

Lee, also known as "Space Shuttle Ethel," turned 99 years old. Ethel's family, Supervisor Janice Hahn and the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey celebrated her birthday and accomplishments.

(Photo by Keith Durflinger/Whittier Daily News) Columbia Memorial Space Center: Celebrates Downey’s place in aerospace history and is the nation’s official memorial to the Space Shuttle ...

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...

new video loaded: How Columbia Touched Off a Debate Over Public Space Columbia University’s gates, closed in 2023 in anticipation of demonstrations over the war in Gaza, are at the center of a ...

Hawai’i students spoke with astronauts from Space Shuttle Columbia as it flew over the islands, including astronaut Lacy Veach, who was from Hawaiʻi. They also talked to the crew of Hōkūleʻa ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA ...

The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in December ...

Does Columbia have enough or a large enough meeting space in which to welcome conventions and other large-scale events? That is a question the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau sought to ...